Associations to the word «Shopworn»

Wiktionary

SHOPWORN, adjective. Used, as a sample item in a retail store
SHOPWORN, adjective. Not fresh; tired or cliché
SHOPWORN, adjective. Faded

Dictionary definition

SHOPWORN, adjective. Worn or faded from being on display in a store; "shopworn merchandise at half price".
SHOPWORN, adjective. Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'".

Wise words

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
Charles de Gaulle